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Excerpt CHAPTER I. HOW THE TERRITORY WAS ACQUIRED In San Francisco in the early fifties, there was a house on the northeast corner of Stockton and Washington, of considerable architectural pretensions for the period, which was called the "Government Boarding House." The cause of this...

Memoirs of General Lafayette With an Account of His Visit to America, and of His Reception by the People of the United States; from His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824 by Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier CONTENTS (abridged list) Introductory...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Introduction 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866, 1867, 1868 Conclusion Footnotes Index

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index. CONTENTS Marcia Burns (Mrs. John Peter Van Ness) Theodosia Burr (Mrs. Joseph Alston) Elizabeth Patterson (Madame Jerome Bonaparte) The Caton Sisters Margaret O'Neill (Mrs. John H. Eaton) Cora Livingston...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I. Upon the Tavern as an Institution II. The Earlier Ordinaries III. In Revolutionary Times IV. Signboard Humor V. Appendix; Boston Taverns to the Year 1800 VI. Cole’s Inn VII. The Bakers’ Arms VIII. The Golden Ball Tavern IX. The Hancock Tavern X. List of Taverns and Tavern Owners

This edition features • illustrations • a linked List of Illustrations, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY CHAPTER II. CIVIC RULE CHAPTER III. THE THAMES CHAPTER IV. RELIGIOUS LIFE CHAPTER V. THE FORTRESS, PALACES, AND MANSIONS CHAPTER VI. THE PASSING OF MEDIÆVAL LONDON

History of the American Negro in the Great World War His splendid record in the battle zones of Europe including a resume of his past services to his country in the wars of The Revolution, of 1812, The War of the Rebellion, the Indian wars on the frontier, the Spanish-american war, and the late imbroglio...

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS 1689. State of Parties in Scotland Dalrymple's "Memoirs" The Convention of Estates Dalrymple's "Memoirs" Dundee's Rebellion Mackay's "Memoirs" The Battle of Killiecrankie Mackay's "Memoirs" 1690....

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS I. Bismarck II. Caprivi III. Hohenlohe IV. Bülow V. Bethmann VI. My Co-workers in the Administration VII. Science and Art VIII. My Relations with the Church IX. Army and Navy X. The Outbreak...

An Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections, and Others, Which Have Occurred, or Been Attempted, in the United States and Elsewhere, During the Last Two Centuries Excerpt The subsequent collection of facts is presented to your notice, with the hope that they will have that effect...

Tea Leaves Being a collection of letters and documents relating to the shipment of tea to the American colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company; Now first printed from the original manuscript. with an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party. This...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Introduction PERIOD OF OAR AND CLOSE FIGHTING I. Salamis, B.C. 480 II. Actium, B.C. 31 III. Svold Island, A.D. 1000 IV. Sluys, 1340 V. Lepanto, 1571 PERIOD OF SAIL AND GUN VI....

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE COLONIZATION IDEA III. THE COLONIZATION MOVEMENT IV. MARYLAND IN LIBERIA V. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA VI. THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF COLONIZATION As a Southern Movement toward Emancipation As a Check to...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. BIRTH. — EDUCATION. — RESIDENCE IN EUROPE. — AT COLLEGE. — AT THE BAR. — POLITICAL ESSAYS. — MINISTER AT THE HAGUE. — AT BERLIN. — RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, ... CHAPTER XIV. REPORT ON THE RESOLVES OF THE...